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Email Address:
cory.barton@myldsmail.net


Mission Blog:
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My Testimony

My Testimony:
I know that the Atonement is real and that we can all enjoy the cleansing power that it provides. I am grateful for my Savior for performing the Atonement so that I can return to my Father in Heaven. I am grateful for missionary service. I am thankful that missionaries world-wide have the opportunity to bring the fullest blessings of the Atonement to faithful children of God. I know that the Bible and The Book of Mormon are inspired scriptures and are here for our behalf. I owe everything to all of those prophets of old that loved us so much and desired so much for our salvation to write down the words on how we can be saved. We are literally children of a loving Heavenly Father and He wants us to return to Him. I know that Jesus is the Christ. And I love the joy the gospel brings with the knowledge that we can be together with our families for all eternity.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Email Update: October 3, 2011

So this week has been quite the week. So I will start on Thursday so Elder Ulugia and I went to try some PM/LA in the Stone Gate area and we didn't have any luck. So I remembered in this neighborhood there was a house where the car had Utah plates and they weren't members so I decided to knock on their door and hopefully talk with them. Well after no one answered the door we start to head toward our bikes when this Top Gun Security car pulls up. Before I get into that, quick flash back to a week ago. We had a Top Gun Security guy pull us over and verbally warned us not to knock doors in a gated community. Anyway back to where I left off.  So this security car pulls up and the exact same dude came out of the car and in my head I was like "oh crap". He starts walking over to us and I tried to lighten the mood because the dude look ticked! I said "So I am guessing your bringing us good news". Well the guy was not in the mood for jokes, he said "I warned y'all that you can't knock doors so what are you doing here?"  I said "Well we are knocking doors" he said "Did you think I was joking last time? Seriously" I said "Well most of our area is gated so we are constantly in gated areas so it's kinda our thing and I am gonna keep doing my thing". He said "You think this is a joke? Put your hands on the hood of the car!" So I do and this guy starts to handcuff me! In my head I was thinking this is going to be a long day and if mom finds out she is not going to be a happy camper ha ha. So he handcuffs one hand and asked "So are you gonna go into a gated community again?" I said "Sir I am not gonna lie to you. Like I said most of our area is gated, so yeah I will be in a gated community again" He didn't like that answer so he finished handcuffing me and sat me down on the sidewalk and says that he is going to call the Sheriff. He then tells Ulugia to sit next to me, doesn't handcuff him thank goodness. So I am sitting there for 15 min. handcuffed waiting for the cop to show up. In the meantime he takes down my information. Then the cop shows up I get unhandcuffed and this officer was super nice! He told us like we can't knock in gated communities and said that he could take us to jail since the security guy warned us but he isn't going to do that but the next time this security dude catches us we will go to jail for sure because the security dude made me sign a written warning.   So yeah that was great fun ha ha! 


So then for General Conference we went to a members house in the Bridgeland ward with the Bridgeland Elders. They live in the Bridgeland neighborhood which is SOOOOOOOOOOO NICE! The houses there are huge! So we chilled in their theater room and watched conference and ate amazing food and fruit they made and played pool so it was just really awesome! I loved L. Tom Perry's talk about sharing the gospel. Then Jeffrey R. Holland's and W. Christopher Waddell's talk from the priesthood session. Both were amazing! Well gotta bounce have a great week!